Ballad of Nan Bullen Nan Bullen's lovers were as many as her pearls, Merriest and fairest of Queen Kateryn's waiting-girls; She laughed them off and coaxed them on and led them all a...
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I50 The Commonweal December 6, 1935 Even more disappointing, up to date, have been relations, though the...
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282 THE COMMONWEAL July 15, 1931 regardless of their views of the Catholic Church, are united in opposing the encouragement of what is essentially an alien religious influence. This recital of...
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Saint Christopher the Carrier, one very dear to me, Has heavy loads to bear I cannot help him lift; Christopher of rain and wind, very strong and very kind, Go now where I cannot go with strength...
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Qfteath ers The gold forsythia's bright-curled fronds Lash out their long incredible wands And withes of feathering greenness fall And flow, a tide, along the wall; The mill-stream's plumy...
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'Poem for Any Woman Now that all possible chance Of all you ever asked is gone from you, What then?—Why, go and dance, Love your bright-flowered shawl, your scarlet shoe, But first make smooth...
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6o6 THE COMMONWEAL October 17, 1928 POEMS Roma! Tourists throwing their coppers into the Trevi fountain, Lest they should not come back to Rome the beloved, Lest they should not see...
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J^(^'tt; Autumn Is Here Now Autumn is here I yearn for a Roman villa (A villa and peace!) With mosaics of grapevines twined with the leopards of Bacchus, And a bronze faun from Greece Standing...
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Sht Thi itntng I ntng She never knew or minded If things were silk or stuff, So long as they were lovely, It was enough. Rhinestones or diamonds Thrilled her just the same, So long as the...
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August i 1, 1926 THE COMMONWEAL 345 will make use of the services of professional...
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126 THE COMMONWEAL Deccmber 10, 1924 ...
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